Sam Jeffers
@worklesshard.bsky.social
Run @whotargets.me and am a Partner @jointogether.online. Used to play drums in Fridge. Live in Cork, from London.
All this and they end up just making it up.
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
All this and they end up just making it up.
In the sense of "I'll be dead in about 5 seconds and a new wave of unparalleled frustration at not being able to make it out of the first level will hit me"?
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
In the sense of "I'll be dead in about 5 seconds and a new wave of unparalleled frustration at not being able to make it out of the first level will hit me"?
I still see a) The Express running "Why Starmer's government could fall this month" clickbait on Facebook every day and b) folks "in the know" talking about a GE2027 as "the markets collapse and Labour politicians defect". Super healthy stuff.
January 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I still see a) The Express running "Why Starmer's government could fall this month" clickbait on Facebook every day and b) folks "in the know" talking about a GE2027 as "the markets collapse and Labour politicians defect". Super healthy stuff.
I called at 5, assuming that the rush of appointment bookings would be over and someone would answer. How naive I was!
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I called at 5, assuming that the rush of appointment bookings would be over and someone would answer. How naive I was!
Oof. I've heard my parents complain about calling this GP, but I didn't realise they'd just leave you on hold for an hour. It's almost impossible to fathom what they could be doing that means the phone doesn't get picked up in that time.
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Oof. I've heard my parents complain about calling this GP, but I didn't realise they'd just leave you on hold for an hour. It's almost impossible to fathom what they could be doing that means the phone doesn't get picked up in that time.
Perhaps, but I watched some of a notionally softball Tele podcast interview with her and she flunked it so, so badly ("What do you love about London?" "Well... erm...").
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Perhaps, but I watched some of a notionally softball Tele podcast interview with her and she flunked it so, so badly ("What do you love about London?" "Well... erm...").
She is genuinely terrible at politics though, which won't help either the party, or that idea. Plus "true" Reformers want/will vote for Ant Middleton.
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
She is genuinely terrible at politics though, which won't help either the party, or that idea. Plus "true" Reformers want/will vote for Ant Middleton.
The evidence that they're actually good is thin? Farage apart, they're way, way worse than any of the other parties.
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The evidence that they're actually good is thin? Farage apart, they're way, way worse than any of the other parties.
perhaps, suspect talk is cheap. we were among the last to break.
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
perhaps, suspect talk is cheap. we were among the last to break.
we held off until secondary school (12-13 in Ireland), but logistics of afterschool activities and a certain social pressure broke us, as it will you.
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
we held off until secondary school (12-13 in Ireland), but logistics of afterschool activities and a certain social pressure broke us, as it will you.
the reality will crush you like a bug.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
the reality will crush you like a bug.
Wouldn't be too hard to create a specific legal structure/transparency requirements for that type of political giving.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Wouldn't be too hard to create a specific legal structure/transparency requirements for that type of political giving.
It's probably actually good to have donations "bundled" together (e.g. unions, business groups etc). I'd rather have a situation where they're doing the fundraising and producing predictable policy positions, than making parties run around looking for loads of £50k donors.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It's probably actually good to have donations "bundled" together (e.g. unions, business groups etc). I'd rather have a situation where they're doing the fundraising and producing predictable policy positions, than making parties run around looking for loads of £50k donors.
My assumption is parties should have more "always on" capability, but the difference between "campaign period" and everything else should be smaller.
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
My assumption is parties should have more "always on" capability, but the difference between "campaign period" and everything else should be smaller.
Point being, at the scale we're talking about (every young person), surely throwing £20m+ at research on the topic is money well spent? It's probably only 5x a Jonathan Haidt book advance at this point.
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Point being, at the scale we're talking about (every young person), surely throwing £20m+ at research on the topic is money well spent? It's probably only 5x a Jonathan Haidt book advance at this point.
It's funny, I was up there on holiday a couple of years ago, and only for a few days, but your description just had to be it... Nice little town!
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's funny, I was up there on holiday a couple of years ago, and only for a few days, but your description just had to be it... Nice little town!
But if we could work out a way to make shops more of a "places people work" type of thing (little offices, workshops, drop-ins) combined with more live/work, and perhaps a good way of doing shared leases to pool risk, you might be able to create some new tenants, and a bit of momentum.
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
But if we could work out a way to make shops more of a "places people work" type of thing (little offices, workshops, drop-ins) combined with more live/work, and perhaps a good way of doing shared leases to pool risk, you might be able to create some new tenants, and a bit of momentum.
The grandparents' nearest town was Shepton. They used to shop in Wells. This is 1985-95, so the internet gets a pass. A crap town.
January 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The grandparents' nearest town was Shepton. They used to shop in Wells. This is 1985-95, so the internet gets a pass. A crap town.